Vulnerability and Adaptation

Several climate-related natural disasters in the past few years have shown that preparedness for such events is not sufficiently robust. We need to know more about the ways in which societal groups and sectors are vulnerable to climate change, and need to examine what influences our capacity to adapt to it and how measures can be best supported and implemented. Our research, therefore, aims to develop methods that help us assess what factors cause vulnerability, and analyse how preconditions are created for adapting to a changing climate.